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Items by Dina Arakji
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Why it is important to renew UNIFIL’s yearly mandate
On 4 August, Lebanese civilians attacked a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol in the south of the country after blocking a road in Majdal Zoun area. The UN Security Council expressed “the need for the conduct of a credible investigation to determine the exact circumstances of this...
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Hariri has pushed Lebanon into a new phase
On Saturday, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation. After a year and a half, although sudden, this was not a surprise. Following significant developments in the country and the context of Hariri’s strategy to strengthen his leadership, the Iranian influence has managed to contain his camp, pushing...
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Egypt is experimenting with the IMF's ideal reforms
During an interview on Al-Jazeera, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has expressed her optimism about the Egyptian economy. “The measures that the Egyptian authorities and Egyptian population are considering to improve the economy are the right ones,” she claimed. The IMF is in its final...
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Saad Hariri struggles to save his father's political legacy
Amidst the electric talks which Saad Hariri initiated following his homecoming in Lebanon, the movement in general looks fishy. The news was that the ex-prime minister has changed his mind, once again, and is going to endorse General Michel Aoun, the founder and former president of the Free Patriotic...